Hs player chooses his first commander in mtg

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[@covertgoblue]

New MTG Arena Dimir Enchantment control gameplay: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXfMhp-reK-goNEsi=VMl5K3J51Q1VVW_J

[@RetroMTG]

@@covertgoblue Very nice Ancestral Recall vibes. There’s even a few pros out there noticing Eerie Dimir in BO3. As always, you are in good company

[@SheruMuko]

I recommend Korvold the Fae Cursed King. Jund Sacrifice

[@m3e7]

So when do we think the video will be?

[@naqib_2365]

From watching Rarran's live streams, I know the type of commander Rarran will like is one that will let him ignore the actual game and open card packs in the corner like a degenerate

[@cpugwash7085]

Hmm, so he needs some way to recast/copy booster tutor many, many times... ;)

[@vietquang8739]

GOBLIN MODE ACTIVATE

[@slayinderp7501]

Ah, so Discord.

[@aspider3254]

He need Myntasha

[@naqib_2365]

@@aspider3254 that's perfect actually

[@vinpap779]

I'd love to see a version of this where Rarran looks up various commanders and presents them to the both of you and you have to convince him if it's a good idea or a bad idea

[@shadowseek27]

that could be good if hes doint his first custom commander (not a precon)

[@robinbrown6530]

Rarran: "Mom and Dad are fighting again. I am just going to go open packs in the corner until the screaming stops."

[@kylekonop4801]

22:00 - "I'm just a little guy until I'm not", AKA the most effective Commander strategy ever.

[@bricknolty5478]

The Little Bean Fallacy

[@B_a_h]

So a falcon, a weasel, and a Hearthstone player walk into a bar...

[@MagnusvonYoshi]

Sounds like either the beginning of a stupendous joke, or a most entertaining opportunity.

[@zerken77]

One of them should have tried the door first

[@badgtter9095]

And they still don't form a party😅

[@apharys8921]

Rarran's a badger. 🦡

[@shadowseek27]

*and regular hearthstone legend player

[@cameton_youtube]

"No one likes being the enemy at the table" - CGB This is Crim's whole ethos lmao

[@Rubenstone12]

I love being the enemy, usually, I tell people in their turns that I can kill them, only to be feared for a moment and five seconds later being absolutly destroyed

[@oscarmeldgaard5407]

Honestly disagree. If you wanna introduce a friend to the friend group. Being the bad guy at the table can be a great way for the new friend to bond with the others too

[@MrRoboto119]

I don't often go for the win, i prefer to slap everyone at the table at least once

[@sapphiredraggytheflygon8521]

Yeah! This happens all the time, because I don’t like to win out of nowhere, so I always say it one full turn cycle ahead of time, or whenever I figure it out

[@covertgoblue]

The Shuffle Up and Play episode that reveals how much Voxy loves Grand Arbiter Augustine IV = kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6SmmHxmhNJge5osi=-h68TqHA-i-uimgs

[@RetroMTG]

@@covertgoblue I was watching that episode thinking “an entire table on Shuffle Up & Play kept hands with zero spot removal” AND “is it possible Voxy will simply remove it herself?!”

[@SilverionX]

Oh I saw it. It's one of the rare KZbin videos I've watched more than once. Also the short several times. Stax players must be punished.

[@ctcrule100]

Used to call him hoverpimp in my group. GAA IV is spicy

[@jasa_TheRealOne]

Simic commander: has words on it, it's broken. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk

[@taylorcrawford4387]

Simic: goes infinite with a ham sandwich.

[@derickmeester721]

Don't be rediculous CGB. Love in the command zone is a perfect name for a show.

[@AshBlossomWorshiper]

Please do The Bachleor: Commander Edition with Cimo too. I love the title "Love in the command zone"

[@david21216]

And I really really hope the commander games get uploaded too (Cimo as well would be sick). Its been so cool seeing other TCG players getting into other games (as someone who loves em all).

[@eahco8476]

I think Cimo has already played commander a few times so I don’t think he needs it

[@jamesaditya5254]

@@eahco8476 he doesn't need it, but we need the content

[@anonymouse8124]

Voxy and CGB are like siblings bickering and I love it, this is hilarious. Their dynamic is great, and then Rarran is the cousin over for a visit trying to keep up with their shenanigans

[@RetroMTG]

Rarran is going to pluck the Falcon, shave the Weasel, and deCriminalize the table!! Cannot wait to see it!! GLHF

[@DecayedPony]

Yup it feels like the series finale of a year long journey

[@Raagentreg]

This is big "Mum and Dad arguing about my career path" energy

[@scruffalumps]

for real

[@Kaisingsens]

whenever I see Augustin hit the board I give a friendly reminder to all people at the table that "player removal is the best removal"

[@scrappygandalf6024]

For zulodok they didn’t mention that most decks aside from monsters the rest of the deck is colorless mana rocks to play your monsters faster. It’s not unlikely for you to have 6 mana on turn 3 or 4.

[@genjiprophet8467]

Cgb did mention that it ramps a bunch but left it at that, so yeah, he could've gone a little harder with it's a ton of mana rocks

[@shadowseek27]

real talk, i think he’ll like the deck, the ramp is very druid coded, and the massive effects than run away with the game is too

[@juliandacosta6841]

There's also a lot of cool colourless spells, but I'm not sure if the precon runs them aside from the ones that are similar to zhulodok, triggering off of cast spells, cascading etc.

[@steven.d6492]

Also they didn’t mention you can just whiff off the cascade trigger and hit a mana rock or 2

[@scrappygandalf6024]

@@steven.d6492 I mean that’s just basically pays for the next commander tax like golos

[@stryfer1989]

I will say that Gonti (or any "play your opponents cards" deck) can be daunting for a first commander. Instead of having this set 99 you can get familiar with ahead of time, you'll have over a dozen cards you've never seen before, some of which could have convoluted text, that you have to figure out a good use for on the fly.

[@CupOYerba]

Also has some physical limitations if they end up playing over webcam.

[@jamesolson5133]

The comedic interplay between you all is incredible 😂😂😂

[@Qdrew78]

The amount of gaslighting during a players choice for their first commander is legendary!!! So much fun and thank you, three beautiful souls adding magic content is a gift :)

[@AxillaryPower2]

Worth considering, if Crim is playing, then Rarran probably doesn't need to be worried about being targeted first.

[@alchemicpink2392]

Luckily, he won't need to find out that Crim really "likes Green".

[@rileywoods45]

"I'm just gonnaaa.... politelyyyyyy....."

[@iceygamingrulez]

Commander players getting mad at thief decks is so confusing to me, i played a game and this guy was apologising about it and i thought it just sounded fun

[@altrivotzck6565]

Casual players don't want other people using their cards against them, or touching their cards, even when it's pretty weak in comparison to other strategies. That's why if you play a theft deck you gotta go all-in on being the archenemy and bring your evilest costume and deck.

[@Iam_Stu]

@@altrivotzck6565 It also leads to pretty awful table situations where the best way to stop the thief player is to kill the person they have been stealing from which just makes that person miserable. Or even worse, someone concedes just to remove all their stuff from the thief player's board.

[@GnuProductions]

@@altrivotzck6565 I think a lot of it comes down to commander being highlander, everyone has a few favorite cards and not getting to interact with them can feel bad. It’s similar to why discard is disliked by some people.

[@GnomallyOrcward]

Also to be frank sometimes people at card shops are not the most hygienic and I don't want your cheeto encrusted hands on my valuable cards

[@iceygamingrulez]

@@GnomallyOrcward didn’t think about that tbf, thats a pretty fair reason to not like it

[@accidie_]

Zhulodok is basically playing Druid in Hearthstone, ramp and cast big meatballs and cheat by doing that

[@MDKcde]

The next goal is having a commander table with CGB, Rarran and Cimo

[@Sol0666]

Honestly those four together would be a banging commander table, would love to watch that.

[@Awsomeman328]

40:20 I half expected Rarran to say, "Mom, dad, please stop fighting :cry:," after this, lol

[@mattkidroske]

Now I'm excited to see these three and Crim all play commander together

[@digif1008]

can't believe weasel tunneler, mesa falcon guy and rarran collab is happening

[@1ryb360]

Damn the game will be CGB vs Crim vs Voxy vs Rarran? That's like actual Avengers level epic

[@apharys8921]

Some other commanders Rarran might like (these don't have precons afaik): Erebos, God of the Dead - he likes Warlock in HS and this guy literally has infinite life tap, and is indestructible. He also prevents other players from gaining life which lends well to a more grindy attrition-style game. Mono black so no worries about getting color screwed. Pretty open-ended, not very flashy or bombastic which could be used to your advantage in laying low. Ayara, First of Locthwain - play creatures, drain your opponents. Sac those creatures, draw cards. No need to worry about navigating combat, also mono black but she is fragile. The Scarab God - kill people just by having lots of zombies, can also make 4/4 copies of creatures from any graveyard. Can avoid commander tax, has plenty of options, only two colors. Marchesa, the Black Rose - encourages attacking whoever has the most life which could prevent some player aggro, and she can bring back your creatures automatically. Very straightforward and aggressive plan but 3 colors. Navigating combat could be tricky but her colors are good for evasion and removal. Korvold, Fae-Cursed King - all about sacrificing for gains. Three colors but one is green which is good at fixing mana. Doesn't look like much on his own but his decks can be very powerful. Tergrid, God of Fright - one of my personal favorites. Make people discard or sacrifice permanents then put them into play on your side for free. Very mean, people will probably hate your guts, but very fun imo. The downsides are that many discard and sacrifice effects let your opponent choose and if you don't have Tergrid out with your removal you're not doing much. Also mono black. Squee - obviously.

[@hydreams6065]

The TCG rabbit hole is so cool because I got into commander around OTJ and started watching his videos with you and Voxy and now I get to enjoy all this great mtg and hearthstone content. You guys are great keep it up

[@nameremoved8587]

34:37 I love how Voxy says its Sultai when its actually Abzan, then asks if he knows what menace is.. Voxy is the real menace.

[@usernamemalfunctioning6768]

We need "Love In The Command Zone" as a real show. Make it happen!

[@brandonchu908]

Since you are showing him all precons i think you should have shown him the top 3-5 cards for each precon to better build the themes for the decks. It could help him pick one that he really likes!

[@yargolocus4853]

yeah like with Gonti, I feel like Rarran thinks he is the *only* theft card, and the rest of the deck is roguish creatures going in for the steal. I don't actually know the decklist, but I would assume half of the 99 is even more theft

[@Iam_Stu]

​@@yargolocus4853 Ms Bumbleflower too isn't REALLY group hug. She is just full of card draw and +1/+1 counter win cons. You really don't need to play politics with her because her board is often pretty scary given that she herself starts as 1/5 vigilance, grows and flies and really pumps out commander damage.

[@yargolocus4853]

@@Iam_Stu oh I know how Bumbleflower plays. I don't know what prompted you to reply to me, but I'm well aware of Bumbleflower's past

[@Iam_Stu]

@@yargolocus4853 I replied to you because I agreed with you... I was further contributing to your point (that you can't really tell what the deck is like from the commander only). Sorry for bothering you I guess.

[@yargolocus4853]

@@Iam_Stu oh sorry! I didn't realize you were talking about the precon (I assume). even if you didn't agree, I didn't mean anything with negativity. I was just confused.

[@travismattingly1414]

Voxy trying desperately to get them to stop misgendering Gonti, even though they don't realize it's happening was very funny and incredibly gender confirming lol

[@Agentao]

As an Enby myself, mood

[@muditjain4024]

wait gonti is enby??? thats so genderconfirming as a enby rougish outlaw myself

[@TheKreve]

Rarran very much seems like someone who would love to play Dimir or the 3 color variants of it.

[@lokiorin5520]

I'd love to see Maldhound get in on this as well. Or have Mald look at Hearthstone cards and roast them the way he does magic cards.

[@Ridorim]

Would've loved to see Rarran get at least one "Warlocky" suggestion. I was surprised not to see something like Mirko or Tegwyll (if we go with recent precons), or maybe even go as far back as Meren. Had some great laughs this video though. I can imagine Rarran having fun Cascading!

[@morgan_kinnaman]

It's great to see all the collabs! It's got me more into MTG

[@ShadowcatAlfa]

you should have emphasized the ramp on zhulodok when roxy said he comes out turn 6 lol, how you can get degenerate sol ring, mana rock, mana rock turn 3 zhulodok lol

[@Lazerus101]

ITS ABOUT DAMN TIME!

[@tholzak]

48:15 Um, actually you don't have to pick a *legendary* creature as your ring bearer. It'll become a legendary creature, but that's only after. It can be any creature. 57:28 Fun fact: Phelddagrif is an anagram for Garfield Phd. - the creator of MTG (Richard Garfield Phd).

[@Glanbalf]

Ahah, his introduction to commander will be with Crim & CGB, what a promising game it will be

[@Savno138]

So excited for the concept of Voxy+CGB+Rarran+Cimo EDH game

[@Dopamine_Drop]

Lets keep it a buck. Rarrans only choice is his boy Sku-E. Its a real grand slam if its Slimefoot and Sku-E, the three of em form the unholy trinity

[@eldunae922]

I mean, his commander is Squee, he loves the guy

[@emeliajones1795]

I can't lie, the dopamine from hard casting an eldrazi titan and slamming that thang on the table is some of the greatest in the world 👌👌👌

[@Sonofhroft]

Oh God bless KZbin for suggest me Rarran few years ago. You guys all in my life because of it and is SO Glad it happe. Love your personalities and vibes. Woohoo Rarranverse xD

[@Sonofhroft]

Zhulodok seems pretty much like Druid in HS and murfolk man looks like zoolok or deamonhunter 😅

[@IjustWantedToPost]

Another strong point for going colorless is that the colorless cardpool is very limited in comparison to multicolored Commanders, which may sound like a detriment in terms of deckbuilding flexibility, but it also severly reduces the amount of card knowledge needed to build a cohesive deck, which is actually very adventagous when building your first ever commander deck. You just don't get as overwhelmed by all the options that exist.

[@melkiah]

Now Rarran needs to go play Sucker for love to gain his gym badge for handling Dem' Big Booty Eldritch Cuties, so he can special summon his commander in defensive position or some other children's card game nonsense

[@mehmetklc4915]

wow! new episode of love in the command zone just dropped

[@carljmitchell11]

56:55 For anyone who's not aware, Phelddagrif is an anagram for Garfield, PhD.

[@laxim5786]

27:11 the ultimate Gonti move: Rarran simply gets Crim's deck

[@Awesomesausages]

Always a good video when we get to hear Rarran's signature line a lot: "it's tough."

[@thewheelsman29]

I saw Zhulodok and thought "Oh they should have done Ulalek, that's way stronger and more fun", then I remembered how good you have to be at understanding the stack. Probably not a good first commander. CGB being a smol bean player explains why I relate so much in play style. I've won so many games by saying "I don't think I can win" because I tend to think of how screwed an opponent would be if I had them in my position and then nobody does anything to me for 4 turns and suddenly I have 3 emblems from Planeswalkers and nobody can even touch me.

[@TheTamally]

"A lot of exploring, you can call me Dora" got me so good lmao

[@hazeljoy1]

This video has sibling energy in the best way

[@jamesolson5133]

Giving rarran a cat commander might be interesting. Seeing as he is a cat man.

[@Jlizard27]

Me-wow!

[@Falruk]

An interesting option to the bunny could be Nekusar, the Mindrazer, an old commander deck. Group hug, but everyone else get thorny hugs

[@dogragnar]

At any given moment, two of them are roasting the other three, and it keeps switching up. I love it; never stop!

[@bensonprice4027]

Sauron might be rough. The ring tempting you is a mechanic that is hard to keep track of.

[@salamanteri_]

I can't wait to see Rarran play EDH live, it's been teased for so long. Usually dude's really good at making content and is charismatic af but taken out of his comfort zone he might become suuper awkward, and I'm here for it. Nothing more refreshing to see that the content creators are human after all. That being said, I hope CGB and Voxy will be there, that will propably make his first experience feel a lot more familiar and that way better as well. Edit: I just learned it will be CGB, Voxy, Rarran and Crim playing.

[@michaelhuerta7469]

yes Voxy the graveyard is just the yard

[@rdbiv6874]

22:53 Hero speech + Eye roll that can't do justice. Thanks Cgb for the content !

[@bennyboy229]

Weewooweewoo nerd police - Abzan was called Sultai @ 34:40

[@SackofDooDoo]

Being that Rarran's most common issue with MTG is the land system, I think Rarran is going to have a lot of fun with Zhulodok. I think giving him a 3-color+ deck (or 2-color in some cases) might have been overkill. Allowing him to play a deck in which he doesn't have to worry about the color fixing will allow him to focus entirely on just having an absolute blast casting big spells that, in some instances, don't really care if they're countered. Excellent job, guys!

[@FirekingBarong]

I play commander for a longer time now and a friend of mine wanted to get into it. When he asked me what commander he should build i told him it should be the legendary creature you like the most. So now we always have a Kudo, King among Bears on our table because; Bears and Hugs ^^ Let Rarran go through the mtg card database and look for the legendary creature he instantly thinks its cool and vibes with ^^

[@esrohm6460]

you know what we would need to know is how much ranchybranchy liked that dum creature that redoes all battle cries until the timer runs out because MAAAAN do we have that in commander to just do durdely nothing for an entire game until others dies of old age

[@bonbon7808]

52:01 the most skilled gaslight I’ve seen in a while

[@C4chorroSa1sicha]

YOU MONSTER, THE RABBIT IS AWESOME! You just need to drop every grouphug card from the deck and she becomes an absolute unit with an huge ass that grows out of control, what is not to love about it?

[@Th3Treasoner]

I haven't looked super hard in the comments for someone else saying this also, but Cacophony Unleashed doesn't kill anything if it's reanimated, it's an ETB, but it specifies "if you cast it".

[@pingvinopitek_s_raduznymflagom]

I love how CGB goes full car-salesman mode every time it's his turn to pitch a commander

[@milanmach2379]

Some precons you could've considered for the warlock mana cheater cat lover land hater that is Rarran: Meren (grind grind grind), Kaalia (free is the best mana cheat), Arahbo (what better way to alleviate the fears of losing your commander when you dont even have play them), Omo (teach him to love lands!)

[@BoofsBoofington]

God this was so chaotic. Loved the whole time. 33:23 CBG Realizes Rarran is a Stax player Anikthea is any Enchantment. Not specifically enchantment creature. We don't call it "The Yard", none of my groups ever have.

[@lukusridley]

The energy here is impeccable I love all u goobers keep it up I can't wait to hear voxy's screeches as she is suddenly and inevitably betrayed by Rarran

[@Narakiomal]

Gog bless CBG for suggesting Zhulodok. My favorite Eldritch boy.

[@HaaruteLIVE]

the vibe of this video is mom and dad yelling at each other about who's taking the child in the divorce

[@SkeletonBill]

You're trying to get this guy run outta town with these commanders lol

[@verictorga]

Random guess since Rarran likes graveyard play is Muldrotha

[@marcuslobo5765]

Put these 3 together and they can discuss politics or paint n is still watch. They have awesome chemistry together

[@Dopamine_Drop]

Clicked the like button before the video started. Theres no world where ill feel otherwise

[@MrDegan2]

For the man with a portrait of shuddawalk, if neither of these two suggest an etb commander. Maybe even Elisha Norn herself then they have failed him

[@hierroarcanjo451]

Love how they have Rarran, Warlock enjoyer, absolute masochist, enjoyer of chaos And neither brought uncle Valgavoth for the Bachelor party, it would've been the dream team

[@KDoodleNoodle99]

I love how worried he was about going Eldrazi and being targeted but they also said that Gonti would be most targeted out of anything here (including the eldrazi) and he knew Crim was playing it already.

[@Erkki1313]

Its crazy how good chemistry you three have together

[@stubrt]

Such an awesome way to show commander off to Rarran.

[@Iam_Stu]

Ms. Bumbleflower is my first ever commander and I love her. I've upgraded the precon deck a fair bit while keeping the main win cons the same (psychosis crawler, simic ascendancy, triskaidekaphile... punch them in the face with a giant vigilant flying commander). It has been a lot of fun to play. And food for though... her ability is a CRIME (freestrider lookout rips land out of your deck so fast)

[@TeaGarrison]

Kind of expected the result as soon as it was revealed but this was entertaining to watch this all, mostly because of Voxy and CGB’s pregame politics. I think there are a few precons I would have liked to see but over all, good selection. And CGB is right, don’t sleep on the bunny.

[@p45yourfired3]

Im hyped for this commander game especially with Crim as the 4th

[@RandonBrob]

Yeesh. This just feels like watching friends hang out. Amazing vibe and fun and can’t wait to watch the commander game.

[@ADHeyDonuts]

I can't wait until the gameplay with this group is released! Voxy, CGB, Crim all in a pod will be AMAZING. Looking forward to see what Rarran brings to the table too

[@brianlyn3766]

I've never played magic, but it's fun to watch videos like this. I've played HS, Yugioh, Shadowverse, Eternal

[@sonarchy5158]

Shadowverse was so cool Not that it fell off or anything, I wouldn't know, I simply stopped playing

[@eric3650]

Steal Stuff + Bad Guy = Laughing Jasper Flint (!)

[@thatepicwizardguy]

Some suggestions for Rarran: (not precons) Mono Red Goblins - Muxus (barf goblins on the field, also run fun spells! Jim Davis played this it's a good time) OmNomNom - Ygra (Shae played this. Disgusting and super fun) For precons probably... Sliver Gravemother . Cuz slivers are GROSS and fun - add reanimation options to not get blown out of the water? Dogmeat. Super powerful precon commander. EDIT: Anikthea is super sick. Out of the ones showcased that would be the one I woulda shown Rarran.

[@jamesaditya5254]

"If mom and dad are both drowning and you can only save 1 person who would you help" "Uh, that.. I think it would be contextual on what's going on"

[@GutsyTen42]

Voxy, CGB, Rarran, and Crim all in a game? Oh I'm so excited

[@emcmcbee9309]

This reminds me of when you put a dog between 2 parents and see who they walk towards to see who they like more “Come on buddy you know you love Dimir the most”

[@mamonzote]

Vozy is so done in the begining 😂

[@vinpap779]

I'm honestly surprised that you guys didn't show Rarran Pantlaza. That is so much his style. Play your big monsters, swing at your ennemy, laugh as you have bigger number

[@thebitterfig9903]

I've got one that might appeal to a Hearthstone Hunter player: Sergeant John Benton. 1WG, 2/4, Trample, Haste. When SJB does combat damage to a player, you and that player draw that many cards. Me Trade? Nope. Me go face? Yup. Every damage he does draws you another card. Wouldn't it be sick in Hearthstone if Skill Command drew you five more cards? The deck is 10ish 1-mana ramp cards, 10ish protection spells, almost 40 lands, and the rest is 40 dirt-cheap pump spells. Spend 1 mana, give John +3/+3, and he'll do that much extra damage, and draw that many more cards. So next turn you can cast three of those, and give him +9/+9 and draw 9 cards. With 1-mana ramp, John can hit the board and swing as early as turn 2, start drawing. And then start swinging for big chunks on turn 3. Protect him with Hexproof and Indestructible. But even if he goes down, you're ramping and he's got haste to swing again. Summon Leokk? Nope. Summon Huffer? Yup. Summon Misha? Nope. Another Huffer? Yup.

[@Gingerbreadley]

Mom and dad are arguing over their kids career path. He’s 7

[@vladtz3509]

Always love watching these 3 together. It's so chaotic